{"id":9216,"date":"2021-08-13T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:18:26","slug":"tokyo-2020-swan-thumbs-up-minister-athletes-for-gallant-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Sports Writers&#8217; Association of Nigeria (SWAN); an affiliate of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), has commended the gallant performances of the Nigerian athletes at the just concluded 2020 Tokyo olympics.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Association, while commending the brilliant outing of the Nigerian athletes, noted that the recorded success would not have been achieved without the commitment and contributions of the Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">SWAN, in a statement jointly signed by its National President, Comrade Ahmed Aigbona and the Secretary-General,\u00a0 Comrade Mike Oboh, explained that despite the disqualification of some of the Nigerian athletes at the olympics, the athletes were able to secure a Silver and a Bronze medal, being the best achievement recorded in a long while.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the statement frowned at the disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes from participating at the olympics, urging the Ministry and the Minister to avoid the repeat of such in the future.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the statement, &#8220;though, despite the challenges, the Minister, Sunday Dare has proven his worth as a capable individual and a good representative of the country. We are aware that\u00a0 many of the athletes were able to get to final stages in their respective games. It is an undisputable fact that this is another good record for the country at the international level.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Aigbona appealed to the Federal Government to see Sports as veritable tool to address the issue of youth restiveness in the country, just as he noted that more investment in the sector can help to curb the rising insecurity in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8221; We applauded the support of the Federal Government and President Muhammadu\u00a0 Buhari for the Nigerian athletes through the Sports Ministry, but we must also say that more can still be done to adequately prepare our sports men and women for future engagement,&#8221; the SWAN President said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Aigbona also recommended constant and early preparations &#8211; training and competitive engagements of the athletes prior to any international competition.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance The Sports Writers&#8217; Association of Nigeria (SWAN); an affiliate of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), has commended the gallant performances of the Nigerian athletes at the just concluded 2020 Tokyo olympics. The Association, while commending the brilliant outing of the Nigerian athletes, noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance The Sports Writers&#8217; Association of Nigeria (SWAN); an affiliate of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), has commended the gallant performances of the Nigerian athletes at the just concluded 2020 Tokyo olympics. The Association, while commending the brilliant outing of the Nigerian athletes, noted that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-13T14:18:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216\",\"name\":\"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-13T14:18:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg\",\"width\":451,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\",\"name\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -","og_description":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance The Sports Writers&#8217; Association of Nigeria (SWAN); an affiliate of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), has commended the gallant performances of the Nigerian athletes at the just concluded 2020 Tokyo olympics. The Association, while commending the brilliant outing of the Nigerian athletes, noted that [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216","article_published_time":"2021-08-13T14:18:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":451,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZAINAB TANIMU","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZAINAB TANIMU","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216","name":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-13T14:18:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg","width":451,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=9216#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tokyo 2020: SWAN Thumbs Up\u00a0 Minister,\u00a0 Athletes For Gallant Performance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365","name":"ZAINAB TANIMU","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ZAINAB TANIMU"},"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/logo-swan-sizd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9l2uQ-2oE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9217,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions\/9217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}